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senior NFL national reporter- Dan Graziano is a senior NFL national reporter for ESPN, covering the entire league and breaking news. Dan also contributes to Get Up, NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, Sunday NFL Countdown and Fantasy Football Now. He is a New Jersey native who joined ESPN in 2011, and he is also the author of two published novels. You can follow Dan on Twitter via @DanGrazianoESPN.
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senior NFL national reporter- ESPN staff writer
- Previously a college football reporter for CBSSports.com
- University of Florida graduate
Five NFL teams have agreed to terms to hire new coaches in the 2020 head-coaching carousel, with the Washington Redskins adding Ron Rivera, Dallas Cowboys choosing Mike McCarthy, Carolina Panthers poaching Matt Rhule from the collegiate ranks, New York Giants adding Joe Judge and Cleveland Browns going with Kevin Stefanski.
We asked ESPN national NFL writers Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler to discuss the hires and give their grades for each team:
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Cleveland Browns to hire Kevin Stefanski
Stefanski's background: 14 seasons (2006-19) on the staff of the Minnesota Vikings, taking over as offensive coordinator in the middle of the 2018 season
Graziano: I guess this was the Browns' guy all along. They came close to hiring him last year, before they went with Freddie Kitchens, and the way things went this season made them wish they had. Stefanski is ultra-prepared, smart and organized. He has coached every position on the offense, showed adaptability to coach in different offensive systems and appears to be ready for this opportunity. The Browns see him as forward-thinking and open-minded on analytics, which I think we can all agree feels like a departure from his predecessor, no?